In an unfortunate incident, eight engineering students, including two girls from Belgaum in Karnataka drowned in the sea off Malvan, Sindhudurg, in Maharashtra on Saturday afternoon. Another three were rescued by the locals and one of them is in serious condition and undergoing treatment at hospital. Reportedly, the victims were[Read More…]
On Sunday, a Mumbai sessions court gave TVF founder Arunabh Kumar, provisional protection from arrest till Monday. Founder and CEO of a popular online digital entertainment channel, Arunabh is charged with molesting at least two women. One complaint against him was from a Mumbai-based production house who alleged that he[Read More…]
The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) on Saturday revoked the flying ban imposed on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad. FIA consists of four leading private carriers-Jet Airways, SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo. The decision came a day after Air India lifted the ban imposed on the Sena MP. An FIA source[Read More…]
App-based cabs service providers such as Ola and Uber will no longer be able to escape with tariff as the state government will now control operations of aggregators including their tariff, through the new legislation cleared by the state Assembly. The state has also decided to guard good samaritans, who[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, two engineering students were found beaten to death on a remote hill near INS Shivaji in Lonavala on Monday. According to the police, unknown people had stripped the 22-year-old man and his female friend and knotted their hands before hitting on their heads. A resident of[Read More…]
More than 5,000 lawyers from various courts all over Maharashtra, Goa, Daman, Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli abstained from work on Friday to protest against the proposed Advocates Amendment Bill, 2017. The call for the protest was given by the Bar Council of India. “Majority lawyers did not attend the[Read More…]
In Maharashtra, two persons lost their lives as the first phase of summer in India hits the state on Friday. Maharashtra has also received warning from the Met department of a “moderate heat wave” in some areas. Many parts of Maharashtra recorded a maximum of 40 degree Celsius and[Read More…]
Ever since veteran leader Sharad Pawar formed the Nationalist Congress Party in 1999, one question that always loomed large – will Sharad Pawar ever go back into the Congress fold? So far, there were straight denials to this question but now the tide may be turning. Notably, Pawar has never[Read More…]
Journalist Poonam Aggarwal has been booked by the Nashik Police on Monday in connection with the alleged suicide of Indian Army soldier Lance Naik Roy Mathew. Poonam shot a sting video featuring Mathew. In the video Mathew is seen highlighting the ‘sahayak system’ in the army accusing his seniors of[Read More…]
A school in Dadar, Mumbai denied entry to three children for five months as their parents failed to pay the entire year’s fee in advance. The incident came into the light after the parents approached the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) on Friday. The parent in[Read More…]
Filmmaker Shirish Kunder seems to be in a trouble as an FIR was registered against him for allegedly derogatory remarks against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath under Section 66 of Information Technology Act, 2008 with Hazratganj police station on Thursday. The FIR was lodged by Amit Kumar Tiwari, secretary[Read More…]
As Bombay faces a heath crisis scenario after junior doctor strike continues to strike despite the state court and government highly condemning the move. As per the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), a letter was issued to all the doctors protesting to resume to work immediately however, some continue[Read More…]
Tabrez Tambe, a 28-year-old Mumbra resident who allegedly fled to Libya to join the terror Islamic State (IS). Mumbra man in Libyan army’s custody, efforts on to bring him back to the country. He has been booked under a specific law which concerns the prevention of Unlawful Activities (UAPA). “We have[Read More…]
The senior leaders in Shiv Sena demanded that April 14 and December 6 be declared dry days in Maharashtra, months after resuming power in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The demand was made to mark respect to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. April 14 is Ambedkar’s birth anniversary while December 6 is[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a woman on the pretext of buying an apartment visited a building at Mumbra in Thane, but instead hurled her children from the 15th floor before jumping to death at 11 am on Sunday. The victim, Shireen Khan allegedly killed herself over household matters. The 27-year-old[Read More…]
